C++ Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 36 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 -19
Contract jobs citing C++ 25 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.80% 3.44% 2.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.75% 12.10% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 13
10th Percentile £406 £375 £345
25th Percentile £525 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £575
90th Percentile £719 - £620
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £556
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.11% +23.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £28.25 -
25th Percentile £63.75 £36.88 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -
75th Percentile £71.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.25
% change year-on-year - +11.59% +22.63%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 101 157 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.39% 28.39% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 107 162
10th Percentile £363 £381 £298
25th Percentile £410 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% +1.33% +12.28%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £538
90th Percentile £593 £575 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 15
10th Percentile £35.50 - £12.48
25th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +72.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +11 22 £550 +3.77% 90
C++
East of England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
1 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) 5G
1 2 (8.00%) 5G NR
1 2 (8.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (4.00%) MQTT
2 1 (4.00%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Git
2 3 (12.00%) JIRA
2 3 (12.00%) Subversion
3 2 (8.00%) GCC
3 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (4.00%) VTune
General
1 3 (12.00%) Electronics
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Wearables
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Games
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
1 8 (32.00%) Software Architect
1 8 (32.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Verification Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Compiler Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) C Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Development Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Games Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Graphics Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Programmer
4 1 (4.00%) Research Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) DirectX
1 9 (36.00%) OpenGL
1 9 (36.00%) Vulkan
2 8 (32.00%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (12.00%) JSON
3 3 (12.00%) YAML
4 2 (8.00%) .NET
4 2 (8.00%) LLVM
4 2 (8.00%) MFC
4 2 (8.00%) WinForms
4 2 (8.00%) WPF
5 1 (4.00%) NumPy
5 1 (4.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (4.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (32.00%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (12.00%) ASIC
3 3 (12.00%) FPGA
3 3 (12.00%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (12.00%) Verilog
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Unix
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (32.00%) Software Architecture
4 4 (16.00%) DevOps
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) OO
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.00%) UVM
5 3 (12.00%) Validation
6 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.00%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (8.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.00%) MLOps
6 2 (8.00%) Open Source
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) SDLC
6 2 (8.00%) UML
6 2 (8.00%) Workflow
7 1 (4.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) C
2 11 (44.00%) Python
3 6 (24.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) Assembly Language
4 3 (12.00%) Bash
4 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (12.00%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (12.00%) Tcl
5 2 (8.00%) C++/CLI
5 2 (8.00%) Java
5 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (4.00%) GLSL
6 1 (4.00%) HLSL
6 1 (4.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
1 11 (44.00%) PhD
2 9 (36.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Cadence
1 3 (12.00%) Synopsys
1 3 (12.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.00%) SAP